The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-13
STILL EXAMINING
Witnesses in the Union Pacific
Investigation.
MORE HUGE DEVELOPMENTS
OF the Crooked Manner In Which
Railroad Influence is Used
in POliIics-Etc., Etc.
The Pacific Railway Investigating
Committee.

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Committee.
DENVER, July 12.-The Pacific Rail.
way investigating commission heard q
number of witnesses here to-day, in
Guiding United States Senator II. M.
Teller, Ex-Governor John Evans, Ed
ward Eddy, general manager of the
Omaha and Grant Smelling and Rein
| ing Company, w. A. II. Loveland, for
mer director of the Union Pacific
Charles Wheeler, formerly auditor of
the Denver & South Park Railway.
Edward Eddy testified as to the re-
bates received from the Union Pacific
Company, and produced a contract of
the Grant Smelling Company under the
Union Pacific date of July, 1882, to run
for 25 years, in which contract the Rail-
road Company agreed to do all the
necessary switching and put up all the
necessary side tracks for the Smelling
Company free of charge, in return for
which the Smelling Company agreed to
send one half its shipments over the
Union Pacific Railway. The witness
said he considered this agreement still
in force, Notwithstanding the inter-
State commerce law.
II. Charles Wheeler and ex- Governor
Evans testified as to the transfer of the
control of the Denver & South Park
Railway to Jay Gould and the Union
Pacific.
Mr.. Loveland testified that Gould and
Sidney Dillon had once suggested to
him that he should run for Governor
of Colorado. He denied that they had
suggested he should run for the United
States Senate.
United States Senator Henry NJ.
Teller was then sworn. In reply to
the questions asked by Commissioner
Littler, he testified that he did not
believe there was word of truth in
the statement made before this COM
mission yesterday to the effect that a
moneyed combination was formed by
the railroads during the last senatorial
contest in Colorado. He did not believe
had put up dollar Tor
the purpose of electing any Senator
certainly not dollar to hello the candi-
date who became successful (meantng
himself) If the Union Pacific exerted
any influence, which the Senator would
not say it did, it would be an influence
against him, as he had been known 10
favor State supervisors of railroads.
he expressed nlnS6U as quite Willing
that this commission should examine
extensively into the question of his
election. His whole expenditure for
the Senatorial contest consisted of $500
contributed to the Republican COM
mittee of his own county, which
was less than he had contributed when
not candidate for Office, and his hotel
bill at Denver, SCI. In reply to ques-
tons by Governor Pattison, he testified
that the firm of which he had been
member until 1882. which consisted of
his brother, himself and another lawyer
had been attorneys for the Northern
Pacific Company part of the time on
salary of $4,000 or $4,000 year, but
said at that time he had no connection
whatever with the railroad. In reply
to questions by Commissioner Ander-
son, he said be did not believe the
United States government should
itself attempt to run railroad.
He saw no warrant IN the
Constitution for the assumption of such
a junction by government. He thought
it would be better for the government
to specify a fixed annual sum which it
might require the Union Pacific to pay,
rather than a percentage of the net
earnings, as the latter plan led 90 dis
putes as to what the net earnings really
ere.